Galega officinalis L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Goat’s-rue
🇫🇷 Galéga officinal, Sainfoin d’Espagne, Rue de chèvre

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Fabids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Galega
Species: Galega officinalis

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Photographs

img/galega-officinalis.webp — Galega officinalis

img/galega-officinalis-2.webp — Galega officinalis

img/galega-officinalis-3.webp — Galega officinalis - Leaf

img/galega-officinalis-4.webp — Galega officinalis - Flower buds

img/galega-officinalis-5.webp — Galega officinalis - Pods

Sources

Chadburn, H. (2014). Galega officinalis (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2014. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203352/2764313
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 722). Biotope.